MIKE BROWN, Lehigh
’80 is one of two Lehigh four-time
All-Americans (NCAA 5,3,2,7) and one of ten four-time champions in
EIWA history. His four wins vs. NCAA champions ranks second in
school history. As a senior who never red-shirted, Mike won, 8-0,
in December vs Clemson’s Noel Loban. Seeded #1 with a pinched
nerve, Brown settled for 7th while the Tiger won
Nationals. The same year, Mike beat Iowa’s Lou Banach, 10-3,
before the Hawkeye finished NCAA 4,1,1 at Hwt. As a junior at
NCAAs, Mike beat future Olympic Greco champion, Steve Fraser, 13-3,
in the quarters then won 12-5 over 4-time All-American, Howard
Harris, who’d win OW in 1980 with five straight falls at
heavyweight. As a sophomore 3rd place finisher, Brown
eliminated Fred Bohna, 13-3; in 1979 Bohna won NCAAs at hwt.
Mike was 95-12 for his career and
earned bonus wins in 13 of 16 EIWA Championship bouts and 10 of 18
wins at Nationals. His 53-5 dual win/loss mark included a 9-2
record at heavyweight with six bonus wins.